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Friday, June 10, 2016

Drew's 50th Birthday Wake!!

My husband had a great day!! He decided that living for half of a century is actually a pretty cool accomplishment. He doesn't feel old or bad about his age and he isn't having any mid-life crises about hitting that 50 milestone. He really sees things differently than the rest of the world. He even told me that he was born about 1:30 a.m. And in the middle of the night of his birthday, he was awake then. He just thought is was so cool that he was awake when he hit the true hour of his 50th year on earth and then he stayed up for two more hours contemplating how amazing his life is. See? Just a strange man I am married to.

But I wanted to play it all up anyway. So the kids and I planned a wake. Here is his tombstone cake:

Our wake room:

My birthday present to him.....which, he didn't really appreciate, by the way.....he doesn't like that term. But I thought it was hysterical!!!!

And here we all are in our mourning gear:

Sun got a little carried away with the selfies....but they are super cute!

And Spike wanted to 'rock out' on his dog guitar.....

All in all, it was a great day!!!

Just in case you are wondering, I have not been able to get Sun's performance to load....still working on that. And life got super crazy with the end of seminary. We have seminary graduation on Sunday. I will report more later....with more photos. Hopefully more blogging now that seminary is over.

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About Me

Mother of nine. Busy as a bee. Loving life, living, learning, enjoying the process. Each day is a new adventure which provides growth and development for all (our family motto)! So my time is spent helping my family accept and adjust to the new things they get to experience in mortality. Never a dull moment!

Quotes for my life:

"To do well does not mean everything will always turn out well. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers, even when things go wrong, perhaps especially when things go wrong."--David E. Sorensen, "Faith Is the Answer," Ensign, May 2005, 72

“The cultivation of Christlike qualities is a demanding and relentless task—it is not for the seasonal worker or for those who will not stretch themselves, again and again.”President Spencer Kimball, “Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters,” Ensign, November 1978, 105

Mothers who Know

COURAGE...

Life's journey is not traveled on a freeway devoid of obstacles, pitfalls, and snares. Rather, it is a pathway marked by forks and turnings. Decisions are constantly before us. To make them wisely, courage is needed: the courage to say, 'No,' the courage to say, 'Yes.' Decisions do determine destiny. The call for courage comes constantly to each of us. It has ever been so, and so shall it ever be.--Thomas S. Monson, "The Call for Courage," Ensign, May 2004, 54

STRENGTH

“When[ever] I am tempted to feel that I have finished some hard task in the [Lord’s service] and deserve a rest, the Savior’s example gives me courage to press on. … When[ever] [I] remember Him, it becomes easier to resist the temptation to want a rest from [our] priesthood labors. We must have remembered Him today, and so we are here to [remember to] learn our duties, determined to do what we are covenanted to do, in all diligence. And because of His example we will endure to the end of the tasks He gives us in this life and be committed to do the will of His Father forever, as He was and is. This is the Lord’s Church. He called us and trusted us even in the weaknesses He knew we had. He knew the trials we would face. … We can become ever more like Him.” Henry B. Eyring, “Act in All Diligence,” Ensign, May 2010, 60-63.

Motivation

"To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done."--Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74

I have the feeling I will need this later

"The refiner's fire is real, and qualities of character and righteousness that are forged in the furnace of affliction perfect and purify us and prepare us to meet God." Elder Quentin L. Cook